The Green Residence was designed in 1936 by Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect based in Midland, Michigan. "The home sits on perhaps the most serene little street in town,” says listing agent Badger Beall. “It offers privacy, yet open views to the Midland Country Club course.”
The Dining Room uses natural and reflective light to create a warm and inviting space that is sheltered from the rest of the living space.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". Two-sided fire place divides the main living space adding intimacy.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". The back of the house features floor to ceiling glass the entire length of house creating unobstructed views to the adjacent golf course.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". The front of the home features Mrs. Bennett’s desire to have a home that was more traditional from the exterior.
"Mid-Century Modern in Disguise" by Alden B. Dow Home and Studio. The Bennett House living room that features the surrounding “gallery” space looking onto hole number three of the golf course.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". Bonnie and Bob Bennett in 1941.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". The Dining Room uses natural and reflective light to create a warm and inviting space that is sheltered from the rest of the living space.
The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio "Mid-Century Modern in Disguise". Alden B. Dow designed wood and red glass chandelier that is recessed into the Dining Room ceiling.
After purchasing a revered archetypal lake house designed by American architect Richard Meier, a retired couple launches into the home’s second renovation in 35 years. Photo by Dean Kaufman.
The Marvelous Suite looks out over a serene Lake Michigan. According to W Hotel design director Ted Jacobs, the challenge they faced when redesigning the hotel was making the rooms and public space more open and experiential. "Gen Luxe definies luxury as experiences," he says.
The view of Lake Michigan from the Douglas House.
The Bay Service Station, Bay City Michigan by Alden B. Dow
After: Sharon designed the concrete patio and a new rain garden (which treats all stormwater on site) in consultation with her neighbor, who is a landscape architect. KASE and Sharon worked together to integrate the two spaces into the new design.
Vibrant red siding references the original buildings on the site.
The downstairs recreation area of this William Kessler–designed home has plenty of playful features. The lower shag carpeted area features a unique retro sectional sofa that plays with oranges and yellows.
Architect Jackson B. Hallett Residential designs open for touring in Midland, MI
The dining room is the first room seen from the entry and is designed to provide unobstructed views of the lake and greenery through it’s 12’ high floor to ceiling and wall-to-wall glazing. A buffet for serving and storage seems to float in the 14’ width which was accomplished with a steel beam concealed within the cabinetry. The owner of this Franklin home, completed in 2017, selected the light fixture early in the design process and wanted to ensure the rest of the design was clean and that this was a focal point. The ceiling features a reveal in the drywall around the perimeter along with layered dry-wall on the ceiling to create an interesting but subtle texture. The dining room has access to the kitchen, through two extra deep dry-walled arches. Access to the adjacent sitting room through two pairs of custom steel and glass French doors.
This 300-SF cabana and lap pool comprised phase 2 of the original vacation home constructed in 2008 on a small inland lake in southwest Michigan.
When Rob and Mary Lubera started pulling threads to uncover the origins of their new home—the lone midcentury house amid rows of Tudor Revivals in suburban Detroit—not even architecture scholars could have anticipated what they would find. Theirs is the last surviving residence by Alexander Girard (1907–1993), a modernist visionary who made his name in textiles but tried his hand at virtually everything, architecture included. The shoji-like laminate screens, seen in the entryway, are characteristic of his Japanese-influenced work.
Fern the bus and Mande on the road in the Badlands.
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